Wednesday, September 14, 2011

I realized that my story needed to change and to have the elephant be the main character. So now I've got a Hyper-Indian elephant sniper. He lives to right the wrongs of society with his peanut firing trunk. His main enemies would be ivory hunters and most likely he has a need to destroy the cast system and free any and all under tyrannies hand. Whether he is just a renegade Indian elephant or something more God-like I've not determined as of yet.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

I've got to tie together Indian culture, sniper, and hyper-active for this assignment. I'm thinking about taking it to a child's fantasy where a little kid dreams of riding his or her elephant to the rescue.... I reserve the right to switch things up a lot. I've asked the students to try their hands at 3 different styles as well. Good luck.

About Me

David Bentley, illustrator, modeler, animator, and 3D visualization artist. He is currently an assistant professor at the College for Creative Studies, in the Entertainment Arts Dept. David graduated with a BFA in Industrial Design from the Brigham Young University in 1997. He then worked as a Creative Designer at General Motors Design. Three years later, David left GM to consult for Alias|wavefront at Chrysler Design where he worked with designers to enhance workflows and solve problems. He left DCX to work at Lear as a Senior designer on the GT40 Ford production program as well as the advanced design studio. In 2003, he joined Alias as an Application Engineer for design and entertainment software, and was a part of Autodesk following their acquisition of Alias, for 2 years as the Solutions Engineer for Global Accounts, specializing in Conceptual Design from 2D to 3D to Visualization, using Sketchbook Pro, Mudbox, Alias Studio, and Maya. David is a
freelance illustrator, designer, and trainer at Bentley Design, living in Michigan with his wife and four children. David’s keeps a blog online at http://www.dbcharacters.blogspot.com/